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Bad Interviews!
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Well a 2nd interview has to be a good sign?!!
Were there more people called back or just you?
Ah good luck mate x x x x
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Just me. They wanted to gauge my reaction to a staff role(Technical Manager). I had to tell them how much I wanted by this morning. Just waiting for feedback now...
Good luck to you too XXX
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I had quite a bad interview a few years ago .... actually, it never got to the interview. I arrived 10 minutes early after traveling 500 odd miles, fully suited and prepared ... calm and just 'in the zone'. The receptionist was smiling away, offering tea and life seemed good.
Half an hour later, the receptionist is decidedly nervous and there's no sign of Mr X, but she's furiously whispering into the phone and looking in my direction. Ten minutes later, she shuffles over and says Mr X called and, as the candidate they offered the position to 3 days earlier had just called and accepted, there would be no need to interview anyone else.
Half an hour later, the receptionist is decidedly nervous and there's no sign of Mr X, but she's furiously whispering into the phone and looking in my direction. Ten minutes later, she shuffles over and says Mr X called and, as the candidate they offered the position to 3 days earlier had just called and accepted, there would be no need to interview anyone else.
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It's a good job we've all got thick skin eh?
Not everyones cut out for this contracting world - it gets a little tense at times!!
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It's a good job we've all got thick skin eh?
Not everyones cut out for this contracting world - it gets a little tense at times!!
It's the thrill of the chase
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I quite like doing interviews. I like all the preparation, the wearing of my immaculate suit, and all the detailed travel arrangements. I often drive to interviews in central London to reduce my stress levels (I know this may sound strange to some people!) All in all it can be a good day out.
I used to covet my 100% interview success rate, but then after some failures I realised you simply cannot get a result at every interview. Even if you are the perfect candidate and give great answers to every question, you are certain at some point to encounter some serious professional knob jockeys who will take exception to you. Just get over it.
I used to covet my 100% interview success rate, but then after some failures I realised you simply cannot get a result at every interview. Even if you are the perfect candidate and give great answers to every question, you are certain at some point to encounter some serious professional knob jockeys who will take exception to you. Just get over it.
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What I heard.
Miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow.
HTH
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What I heard.
Miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow, miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow miaow.
HTH
Miaow.
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I had a bad one recently - was more upset I'd weakened my good interview : offer ratio than anything else.
I almost walked before the interview began - they kept me waiting for 25min.
The lead interviewer was a proper snotty little polo-neck-wearing-tarquin. They specified clearly in the JD they wanted someone to come in, set up a department and set up the methodology, processes etc. So I played to that.
Feedback was I'd obviously worked in a very highly structured environment and was used to that, even though I ran through times when that clearly wasn't the case, and I'd set up working structures from scratch.
The long and the short of it is that after only a short time in the interview I felt like reaching over the table and lamping this jumped-up cretin - so it's probably for the best I don't get to spend any more time with him.
Oh, and trick questions... <insert expletive here>
Very bizarrely: NEWSFLASH.
Another agency has just called me to ask if I wouldn't mind interviewing for a more senior role - same company - parent group of the division I went to before... Effectively as 'tarquin's' boss.
What do you think?
